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FLEEClNG ITALIANS.
shameful Treatment That May Cause
Trouble Down In Maine,

Shameful Treatment That May Cause
Trouble Down In Maine.
For some time there has been presented at
Bangor, Me-, and elsewhere an alluring nd
vertisement announcing that men were
wanted by Canadian Pacific contractors, and
that the pay would be sl.50 per day with
board at s. per week, and work was prom-
isad for year. Recourse was had to the
Italian ''boss," and there are probably 500 at
the lake and about Piscataquis county. A
business man of Bangor tells the rest of the
story:
IF there was ever an organized system OF
wrong set at work in this or any other coun-
try it exists to-day along the Megauv. fake
these Italians for instance. They leave New
York under promise Of 80 week, or Sc
and board. As matter of fact they get
very much less than that. know that the
Maine Central and Bangor & Piscataquis
railroads carry these men to Greenvlle from
that the lot of l25 were charged $40
transport alton. Here is clean margin of
Sl25. They are charged 50 cents for an
armful of straw, II cents for q
loaf of bread that don't C, st over
cents, 50 cents for q pound of pork and
the same for beef, and when it comes to
drinks they sell a vile mixture, made in q Pc
culiar way for Is cents a pint that don't cost
over 10 and they don't take the trouble to
pay the United States tax either You can't
IMAGINE the condition of ithaca r,a,, Tbaro
they are, poor, ignorant, unable to speak
English and 500 miles from York their
home. They work like Ieavers, while the
black flies, midges and mosquitoes plague
them day and night. In the morning they
take their bread and dish of macaroni warm
ed over a fire, and on it make n meal. They
have the same at noon and night and occa-
sionally piece of meat or pork. This
is all, and for it they are
paying each man an exorbitant
price. Even some Of the Italians can stand
it and have left the woods, and, taking to
the railroad, have begun their journey on
foot to New York. Coming through Piscat.
aquis ID Penobscot counties penniless, it
is no wonder that they should steal, and the
farmers are educating Their poultry to take
apartments in the upper story on retiring
at night. Tho,e who do stay and some of
the gangs that are coming are likely to mako
trouble. 1t now looks as though there would
be 2Ooo of these fellows here by July, and,
if they do rise and 60 for tho bosses, the air
will be full of music. sure"
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ISIT CONSTITUTIONAL?
Doubts rs to the Legality of tho Inter-
state Commerce Commission.


state Commerce Commission.
1t appears that there is considerable doubt
as to the legality of the acts of re interstate
commerce commission. Good lawyers hole
that this commission is not composed of the
class of officers who can be appointed during
the recess of the senate. Great stress is laid
unon the assertion that as the Offices of the
interstate commerce commission are new
Off esn the president had no legal right to
fill them without the advice and consent OF
the senate; that the places were not 'vacan-
ciesn according to the Interpretation OF thai
word as repeatedly given by the senate; or
even IL they be conceded to be vacancies
they did not happen during the recess OF the
senate. They existed q days while the SEN
ate was in session.
The President approved the TACT to resu'
late commerce Feb. 4. Congress renamed
in session until noon of March 4, and as
reminder to the executive, the act in express
terms requires that "the provisions relating
TO the appointment and organization OF the
commission herein provided shall take effect
Immediately" But, as is well known, the
President did not appoint the commission
until after congress expired.
Ex- Secretary Boutwell, of Massachusetts,
expresses the opinion that when the question
of the constitutionality of the interstate
commerce law shall have been brought
souarely before the supreme court Of the
United States for adjudication, the latter
will crush out that anomalous, hybrid, extra
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Dlsense and Deatn

Force their way into many household that
might be protected from their iiiroeds, by tho
simple protection of keeping in the houss that
b5aign family medicine and safeguard Of
health, Hostettet's stomach Bitters Particu-
larly where there are childreni should It be
kept on hand, as prompt remedy for infsn-
tile complaints, in their outset easily conquer
able but which, II allowed to engrlft them
selves on the delicate childish organism, are
not easily dslodgei, and speed ly " ork griev.
Gus mischief, lrresulari,y Of the bowels, indi-
gest on and blliousness, are ailments OF COM
m6n Occurrences in the household. Children,
living in malarious regions, are more liable 10
be attacked with chills and fever than adl lts,
and the ravages of that 10 disease in their
system are spcedler and more serious. In re.
ehneCinilY DIES rnhlc,
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In pregnancy, Favorite Prescription"
is mothers cordial" relieving nausea,
weakness of stomach and other distressing
symptoms common to that condition. II
its use is kept up in the latter months OF
CESSATION, it SO prepares the system for de-
livery as to greatly lessen, and many times
almost entirely do away with the sufferings
of that trying ordeal.
"Eavorite Prescription" when taken
in connection with the use OF DIR. Pierco's
Golden Medical Discovery, and small laxa-
tive doses of DR.. Pierce's Purgative Pellets
little Liver Pills., cures Liver, Kidney and
bladder diseases. Their combined use also
removes blood taints, and abolishes cam
cerous and scrotulous humors from the
system.
"Favorifc Prescription" js the only
medicine for women Sold by druggists,
under positive guarantee, from the
manufacturers, that it will give satisfac-
ton in every case, Or money will be re-
funded. This guarantee has been printed
on the bottle-wrapper, and faithfully car
ried out for many years. Large bottles
200 doses Sl.0O, or SIX bottles for
$500.
eB Send ten cents in stamps for DR..
Pierce's large, illustrated Treatise QG0
pages) on Diseases of Women.
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FOREIGN.

The prime minister of Belgium justifies the
asking for military credit on the ground
that Belgian neutrality must be armed neu.
trality.
Mr.. Gladstone writes that the passage of
the second reading of the coercion bill virtus
ally settles the Irish question for the pres
ent.
A wooden cross has been erected at Bo-
dyke, Ireland where the work of eviction
being seized with fit. Upon it are Inscribed
these words: praise the Lord Here the
tyrants arm was paralyzed."
The central crater of Mt. Etna is in a state
of eruption. The flow continues and is in
creasing in volume Heavy clouds of smoke
and masses Of stones and cinders are issuing
from the crater.
One hundred and twelve persons are re-
ported missing in Paris since the Opera
Comique fire.
The Sultan of Turkey has coded the island
of Cyprus to England.
The Canadian senate, which has been
wrestling with the question of divorce, has
decided, by vote of 80 to 10, that divorce
obtained in the United States is Of no effect
in Canada.
A marriage has been arranged between
Duke Albrecht of Wurtemburg and the
daughter of Crown Prince Frederick Will
liam. This project is connected with the
Wurtemburg succession question.
Twelve hundred coal miners at Bachmut,
Russia, who are out on strike, attempted to
rob brewery owned by firm Of English,
men. Fifty English workmen attached to
the brewery mounted horses and resisted
the attack of tho strikers. During the fig ht
three Of the workmen were killed. Many of
the strikers, who are ali Russians, have been
arrested.
Emperor William has laid the foundation
stone of the Holtepau lock of the North Sea
canal Elaborate ceremonies were observed
Emperor William, in clear voice, pro-
nounced the canal work of peace, honor
and progress defence in event of war and
blessing to the empire.
Albert Ernest Lanier Belleus, the French
SCULPTOR is dead aged 62.
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A Much. Debated Question.

An old legend asserts that scorpio !,
when placed within rrg of rei-h'
embers, will, after futile efforts TO pass
the fiery circle, deliberately commit sui
eide by singing itself in the head,
Scientific men have often disagreed con-
ccrning the truthfulness of the assertion,
and many chapters have been written on
it. The subject has lately been thor
oughly Investigated by Prof. j. L
Bourne of Madras, W finds that the
greatest effect of scorpion poison upon
a scorpion is a slight sluggishness, and
that death within fire ring must be
due to heat. Sir Joseph Fayrer had al
ready shown that the poison of the
deadly cobra will not affect cobra.
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NEWS NOTES..
DOMESTIC,

All efforts TO settle the trouble bet tho
Canadian Blood Indians and the American
Gros Ventres have proved futile, and bitter
war between the two tribes is certain. Small
fights occur daily and horse stealing between
the two tribes continues.
Tho executive board of thu District OF
Columbia Knights Of Labor has declared a
boycott against the Potomac Steamship
Company, whose steamers ply between Nor
folk, Va, and the national capital. The
cause was the employment by the company
of Captain Davis, who is not Knight of
Labor and whom the company refuse to re-
move
1t is announced that Rubber Trust COM
pany has been formed in New York, mod
elled, it seems, on the plan of the Standard
Oil Company Trust, its object being to get
the control Of tho importation Of crude rub
Der, its manufacture and its sale. Tho
scheme if correctly put, is very elaborate
and, If carried out, will be very powerful in
its working
The Beecher memorial fund of Brooklyn
now amounts to about $23, 600 1t is proba-
BILE that when the receipts reach $50, 900 they
will be discontinued, and the work of provld
ing for the statue will be commenced
Morris Marx, who killed his boarding miss
tress, Annie Kapowski, by throwing vitriol
over her, has been sent to New York state
prison for 20 years.
In the Paducah (Ky.) city court, Mollie
Jackson, white woman, was convicted of
vagrancy, and Judge Thomas ordered
that she be sold TO the highest bidder for 80
days
On the death Of her husband, N. D. Cliff
ford president of Wiley University, Mar
shall, Tex, Mrs. Cora Knight Clifford was
unanimously requested by trustees and stu
dents to assume the duties of the presidency
OF the institution, and has entered OIL the
discharge Of these responsibilities.
Pennsylvania coke strikers are advised to
return to work by the executive board of the
knights of Labor
The people of Texas ar, furiously agitat-
ing the question of prohibition leading Dem-
ocrats come out in favor of it.
The total number of cases of yellow fever
at Key West Fla, to date is IS of which
number four have resulted fatally, six are
now sick and three are convalescent
The directors of the New Jersey Central
railroad company have approved the plan of
reorganization adopted by the receiver of
the property.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-06-09

The treatment of many thousands Of cases
of those chronic weaknesses and distressing
ailments peculiar to females, at the Inyalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, n. T.,
has afforded a vast experience in nicely
adapting and thoroughly testing remedies
for the cure of woman's peculiar maladies.
DIR. Pierce's FavOrfte Prescription
is the outgrowth, or result, Of this great
and valuable experience. Thousands OF
testimonials, received from patients and
from physicians who have tested it in the
more aggravated and obstinate cases which
had baffied their skill, prove it to be the
most wonderful remedy ever devised for
the relief and cure of suffering women. 1t
is not recommended as "cure-all," but
as most perfect Specific for woman's
peculiar ailments.
As powerful, invigorating tonic,
it imparts strength to the whole system,
and to the uterus, or womb and its ap-
pendages, in particular. For overworked,
"worn-out," rundown" debilitated teach
ers, milliners, dressmakers, seamstresses,
"shop-girls," housekeepers, nursing moth
ers, aud feeble women generally, DIR.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the great
est earthly boon, being unequalled as an
appetizing cordial and restorative tonic. 1t
promotes digestion and assimilation of food,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-06-09
TEXAN BANDITS.
They Rob IN Express Train of 500 OF
and Escnpe.

They Rob IN Express Train of $4,000
and Escape.
As the east bound Texas & Pacific express
was pulling out of Benbrook, the first station
west of Fort Worth the other evening, four
masked men leaped on the engine, and, with
drawn revolvers ordered the engineer to pull
on. The engineer obeyed and the train
moved forward two miles until Rusty creek
eight miles west OF Fort Worth was reached
Here, on high treste work the train WIS
stopped. The express messenger, named
Tom Marsor, was new man on the road.
and opened the door to ascertain the cause of
the delay. No sooner had he opened the
door than a masked man leaped into the car
and demanded all the money in the car. The
express messenger gracefully submitted, the
robbers secur ing it is said about $1,000
They escaped with their booty.
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MARRIED The WHOLE LOT.
FIVE GEORGIA BROTHERS WE'D FIVE
SISTERS,
Exaspesating tho Father OF the Girls ana
the Mother OF tho Boys, Who, Unable
TO Prevent tho Last Union, Set Things
Right.

There was performed at ayettevllle, Ga.
a marriage ceremony which is the cumina-
ton of remark able series Of matrimonial
ventures In cosy farm houses ON opposite
sides Of the road lived the two families Of
Handy and Starnes. To each came an equal
number of children. The Hambys were all
boys and the S,arneses were all girls. The
children, ten in number lived together al,
most as one family, and it was natural
thing for the Oldest Mr.. Handy and the first.
born Miss Starnes to marry.
This marriage was followed by that of the
next couple, and so on, down to the fourth;
when Mr. Starnes violently protested against
letting the Hambys have any more of his
daughters.
The marriage was finally permitted t.
take place, Two weeks ago the paterna
Handy died, and during the period OF
mourning greater intimacy sprung up be,
tween the two families. Mr.. Starnes missed
his youngest and only single daughter and
then learned that the youngest o. tho Ham
bys was also missing. The truth flashed
upon his mind. He rode over the n,ighbov-
hood in search of the pair. Following the
trail, he reached the house of q justice OF
the peace and learned that he had married
the young couple. The interview, when Mr..
Starnes found them, was a stormy one, an |
he left them in rage.
Reaching home, he drove up TO the wild,
ow's house. sect in" said he pushing hef
by the shoulder; get in the buggy at once.
There must be no more fooling al out this
matter" Starnes took his seat by her side
and was in Squire Tomlin's parlor before the
widow knew exactly what was the matter,
MARRY us quick" was Starnes' emphatic
request; 81 am going to put an end to this
excitement around my place. l reckon the
Hamby's will be all sati,fie then" The
individuals Of the consolidated family are
now trying to solve the problem exactly
what relation they al are to each other.
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DAMAGED BY ACLOUD BURST.
Twenty Thousand Dollars Damage
Done In a Few Minutes.

twenty Thousand Dollars Damage
Done in a Few Minutes.
AT oberlin. o., on Sunday during thunder
storm, which swept over the northern part Of
the state, much damage was done by cloud
burst or water spout. When the storm was
Mt its height an immense volume of water
came down suddenly, swelling to Il raging
torrent the little creek which flows through
the town. The stream rose several feet with.
in a few minutes, flooding streets, filing
cellars, and in many cases driving persons to
the upper stories of their dwellings. One
house was foated from its foundations AMI
havoc was played by the water in two lumber
yards. Three hundred feet Of the Lake Shore
railroad track were washed away and one
passenger train was stopped. The flood subsidized
almost as quicklya as it came Damage esti
mated Mt SIS, 900 or 500, 600.
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cures nausea, weakness Of stomach, indi-
gestion, bloating and eructations Of gas.
As a soothing and STRENGTHENING
neryfne," Favorite Prescription is uu-
equalled and is invaluable in allaying and
subduing nervous excitability, irritability,
exhaustion, prostration, hystcria, spasms
and other distressing, nervous symptoms
commonly attendant upon functional and
organic disease of the womb. 1t induces
refreshing sleep and relieves mental anI-
iety and Dependency.
Dr.. Pierce,s Favorite Prescription
Is a legitimate medicine, carefully
compounded by an experienced and skillful
physician, and adapted to woman's delicate
organization. 1t is purely vegetable in its
composition and perfectly harmless IN its
effects in any condition of the system.
~Favorite Prescriptions is n posi-.
tive cure for the most complicated and
obstinate cases of leucorrhea, or whites"
excessive flowing at monthly periods, pain
full menstruation, unnatural suppressions,
prolapsus or falling of the womb, weak
back, female weakness" anteyersion, re-
bearing-down sensations, chron-
ic congestion, Inflammation and uiceration
of the womb, inflammation, pain and ten
derness in ovaries, accompanied with in
ternal heat"
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Heroic Act of Two Boys.

As John Kelly and his three-year- old
daughter were walking along the raceway
of Wallace's mill in Upper Ansonia, CT, the
child playfully pulled away from her father
and fell down the bank into the rushing deep
water. Hearing the shouts of the panic-
stricken father, little Dan and Pat Flaherty,
aged 10 and Is, III he'd Town the bank,
Owed in and rescued the Little one who
otherwise would have drowned,
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THE PRESIDENTS REST.
Mr.. Cleveland Greatly Benefited by His
Relief From Business.

bis week of freedom from business There
have been no departures by the gentlemen of
the Presidents party from the rule of plain
dressing that they adopted. Mrs. Cleveland
and Mrs. Lamont made concession to Sun
.woolen material, but without change of hats.
Ex-Vice-President Wheeler's death recalls
the fact that he was formerly a weil-known
visitor ane fisherman at Prospect House, n.
Y. During bis term as Vice President he
brought President Hlyes and Mrs. Hayes
here, and Mira Hayes won some renown by
catching large laker.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-06-09

or life which is usually unaHprec ated until it
is lost, perhaps never to leturn, is health.
What priceless boon it is, and how we ought
to cherish it, that fe may not be a worthie s
is heir 10, and which make life Cumbersome,
such as consu uptl n Is rofula of the lungs,
and other scrofulous and blood dis ases are
completely cured by DR.. r. " Perce's Gold
en- Medical Discovery" after all other RENE
dies have failed. DR.. Fierce's treatise on con-
sumption mailed for 10 cents IN stamps. Adj
dress Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
663 Main Street kuffalo. n. Y.
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cHEERED BY HER DAUGHTER.


uemned Murderesss
Mrs. Chiari Cignarale, the condemned
murderess, was cheered by q visit from her
little daughter, who was brought down to the
Tombs by four sisters of St. Joseph's Home
New York, where the child has been cared
for since her fathers death. For three hours
the child remained. When the two parted
their grief WINS terrible With their arms
about each other they stood sobbing and
moaning until the sisters were compelled to
separate them. The sisters promised to bring
the child regularly hereafter until the fatal
day appointed for the execution. The mother
promised to eat and regain her strength if
this was done. After the girls departure
Mrs Cignarale ate heartily of dainty meal
provided for her by the warden's wife.
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MP. HAYES SORROW.

The following telegram has been received
from ex-President Hayes:
Mrs. Hayes and l have heard with deepest
sorrow of the death of our friend, Mr..
Wheeler. will attend the funeral with my
SON r. B. HAYES.
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The city OF Little mock, Ark, offers every in
ducement to tie manufacturer, merchant, me-
chan.c and homcseeker Population about
$1,000, taxes low; good public schools, churches
and society. Climate temperate all the year
round. 1t is an cnterprising city, has railroads
from five directions, about n dozen contem-
plated lines, street railroads, gas, electric
light, paid fire DEF artment, two daily papers,
board of trade, etc. 1t is tho capital of the
State, the Geographical cen re, and the chief
city in every respect. Land is yhca", both lots
and subj! ban pr p "rty being on the market
Information in regard to Little Rock or Ar
kansas, will be furnished on application to the
Real Estate EXCHANGE, Hon Thomas Essex, or
Tho Gazette, Little Rock, Ark.
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Gan Men Are Liars"

Said David of old. He wa probably prompted
to make the above remark after trying somo
unreliable catarrh remedy. Had he been per-
milted to live until the present day, and tried
DR.. Sage's Remedy, he might have had a bet
ter opinion of mankind. We Calm that no
case of catarrh can W thstan1 the magic eff
fects of his wonderful medicine. One trial Of
it will convince YOU Ct its efficacy. BY drug
pists. fifIy chnts
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HEWITT SAYS TEST THE LAW.
New York's Mayer VIII Not Allow
Hotels to Sell Liquor on Sunday.

Hotels to Sell Liquor on Sunday.
Counsel for the liquor dealers called on
Mayor Hewitt and tried 10 persuade him to
permit the hotels TO sell liquor on Sundays TO
guests with Their meals The mayor refused
to interfere, and tod him the only relief would
be to test the law. Counsel said that The hotels
woald open and SILL liquor TO guests, and, if
any arrests wtr, made, The cases would be
carried to the supreme court.
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There are said to be about sixty Protestant
communities in Spain with "A 600 openly pro-
fessed Protestants, and hardly large town
without 4 regularly organized church. 1t Is
Just eighteen years since the first Protestant
chapel was opened III Madrid.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-06-09

Delicate diseases of either sex,
however induced speedily and permanently
cured. Book 10 cents in stamps. Worlds Dis
Rutfalo. N v
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A Baltimore Police Officer, 30 years on tho
force, Mr.. Henry ii. Duikee, says: Il suffered
with poison oak for more Than year. tried
st. Jacobs Oil; after second application all tho
sores dried up and was cured. think it in
Ill. Ill La
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-06-09

Mr.. John Gutmon, Sherman, Ky, writes: VI
have used st. Jacobs Oil for ten years. 1t al
ways cured the toothache in about ten min
utesn Sold by Drug SITS and Dealers.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-06-09

A Wonderful Machine aud Offer.
To Introduce them we give away 1910 Self
operating Washing Machines. No labor OF
washhoard. Best in the world. II you want
one, write The National Co., 27 Dey St., n. Y.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-06-09

According to Mr.. Edison, the difficulty
establishing telephone communication be.
tween America and Europe as compared with
New York and Coney Island, would be as one
million to one.